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VOL. IV NO. 7
V;-N. C, JAN. 52 1918,
$1.50 THE YEAR IN ADVANCE
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JACKSON BOY IN
GALVESTON, TEX.
J.u'i ai
WES ARMY
mm LUMBERMEN
Weeklf
krMews EHgest
Dear Editor:-If you will perm'.t
mc, I will write a few words through
the Journal.
I am at Galveston at present. I
enlisted in the United -States Ma
rine Corps July 5, 1917. at Phoenix
Ariz., and went to San Francisco,
Ca.l, and went through my training
there, and on September 15, I was
turned over for duty, went aboard
the i;ulTalGCi Ceptetr.ber 18, and
started south. For ten days I saw
HO " o-
ama Canal October 1, landed at
Colon about four o'clock P. M., that
is on the Atlantic side, and while
the negroes were coaling the ships
we were at liberty. And oh, geei
wp were all "broke" but one big old
tiv '
Stories of Activities an d Conditions Through
out the Ilmfed States and on the Battle
Frdntfrom Washington, D. C.
Washington, January 21st. So
urgent is the need for lumbermen ''
and load builders for imnieiiiatfi'.
,3ryice in France that the War De
partment has made an exception to i
its previous ruling, and will now al- j
low experienced men of draft age to
enlist, under certain conditions.
Any man between eighteen and
forty-one years of age, who is quali-
m:n' cni.st io tins service: but thev
HI 33t 00.3111 DCrmiSSlOn tO dO SO TWinrf th 'wor with SnAin th
fro ji Major C. E Clark, Chief of En- Army of the United States at its
maximum strength aggrged 272,-
000 men and officers, 'tgAr mt
in the field and in traUiinow; is
practically six times "a'jireat: as
the maximum number under- arms
in tne ?nanisn-American w m
AMERICAN FORCESiNG-V SIX
TIMES AS LARGE ? ASX IN ?
SPANISH-AMERICA AVAR: ;
There Were 1,428,(80 enlisted
men and 110,865 brrs in the
U ited States Army at the begin
ning of 1918, more than!)hc and a
half times as largesfmy force
ever before mobilized by this Na
tion, according to a statement, by
Secretarv of War Bakerr
black and gold, officers; silver and j next spring than it was last season,
black, adjutant generals clerk; 'The high prices being, paid for
green, instructor Home - Guards; i sweet potatoes will tempt farmers
green and white, Home Guards. ! to selltheir crop.', All having good
These cords are are worn only on ! standard stock free from disease
service hats. I should hold for planting.
j Cadet aviators wear as hatbands! "See me if you need nitrate of
men ana a nan wnue nDDon ana on soaa.
coat collars insignia renresentinl
36 lit" " il l 1 O! 1 I
me aviation orancn oi me amuai
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s?ivice.
Out of every 100 men called,
. C . J J
were ceruneu lor service aim Corps, propeller blades.
were rejectea, exemptea or ais-
charged. while out of every 100 Haiti has forbidden the exDOrt of
white citizens called, 25 were certi- food.stuffs t0 countries at war with
guicers Jiii;e, War Department,
vVi s'v.ngiw'ii, D. 0., by mail or tele-
f'lt ICllOW, WHO was mi cugiucci i ,. 'rH"" wv
when he joined the M. u ana ne sent to r ranee as soon as tney are
gave us all $2.50 each. We thought assembled, without being held here
r'u'h for our dollar is
II11U
we
.. ,tu ocmnph ns two of their's. Thi:;
Ul 111 w --- -
was a beautiful place, real old fash
ioned and the cocoanut and bana
na trees were growing for shade
maJ nnrl thp streets were full of
11 V. I. O, linu 1
nrettv "senoritas" Spanish girls -
nwi tliav wprp sure frieiidiy. We
tHVl UiVJ
just went to eating fruit.
On the evening of the Znd we
culled anchor and started north. W e
saw quite a few whales and sharks;
hit a storm juit off Cape Lookout,
and believe me, it was some storm.
Ihe old tub would almost stano
on her nose and roll back and lorth
until almost every soldier of tne
sea was so &ick uiey wjcucu
were in the cavalry.
But on a fine morning we pulled
inatNcrJplk ia:d we sure vere gkui
to W ashore. lhci;:s ihcie hau
been no arrangennts to takt us
..r ,v rn.l UP hr.-l tO tlV OUr old
friend again; and we sailed up the
Potomac within about forty miles
of Washington, when the skipper
got afraid to go any farther and
iimnnpd anchor. So all we could do
v.. viT -
was to stand upon top deck and
wish we were with our best girl, oi
in a much warmer place than Vir
ginia. While we were there' we got
n wirr.lpcs wanting to kliOW where
- mi .vuu ' ' 0
that bunch of marines were. The
captain and; the skipper went ashore
in a small boU ', ' and wired to
Washington to send down after us.
So the captain told us to put on all
for military training.
About 45,000 officers flecm
c
Tremendous nnantities oi "lumber -missioned from civil-life;Mffi
are required by r;3 American troops "??"T-Z?&S28Z:
. eiglll limes aa ,umuy.-a9:i f--11
in France, A special regiment, u , M K,DiHlM4mi
.1 en-. t X-t 1 I 5 -f ' '
firnurn ac tup v !Mi rnoinpprfi is ;p- i -tcw7 . . t
fied for service.
SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES OFFER
WAR COURSES FOR WOMEN
STUDENTS
Reports from 150 colleges and
universities show that many typical
war courses for .women are being
-? . .1 -'I l- Ml!
t;iven. Among mem are lauuime
the United . States and countries
i associated with them in the war.
SOY BEANS AND HOW TO OBTAIN SEED
Farmers desiring soy beans should
get in touch with the county agent
at once and engage their seed now,
for thev are beiniJ bought raDidlv
telegraphy, ; automobile mechanics, hv ol1tciders in lare Quantities.
nautical astronomy, navigation, ele- E indication leads one to be-
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J. M. McClung, Co. Agf
HEATLESOiONDAY
OBSERVED
The first heatless Monday was
strictly observed and only the mar
kets and one drug store remained
open, tne markets were open omy
prt of the day.
There were several people from
the country in town but .the mer
chants strictly observed thei order
and would not open for any one.
The Sylya Tannery closed - down
everything they could shut; down
April 1, 1917.
tTIGLE
ing recruited to cut timber in the
forests of France and manufacture M ATCHES AND OTHER AJ
it m umner. this re&iment will vv rzXTrz&te
include experienced men of every
mentary nursing. first aid, principles ... , h at . . will ot be v for five days ag ordered by Dr. Gar
of war relief, 'draftsmanship, metfi- iower, but on the contrary they are field. They opened up Wednesday
cal laboratory methods, map draw- nkely to be even higher than last morning and seem to be 'getting a
ing, surgical dressings. spring because of the great demand, sufficient anlo ant of coal to run on
V , . t. -V-. . . . - , . Above all years we should have now. -
la time formerly devoted to recrea- tne bumper crop of soy beans in The town has taken charge of
rifin ' - . ' i 1 ' ... r; .r-m, n.t- nnlir Ka. tVta rol cimatSnn orrl ?q ciinnlvind
cause of the high nutritive value of the people in town with coal
the bean itself, which yields from enoggh to tide them over this bitter
10 to 40 Der acre, but because cold weatner.
as a graiing crop for swine it is un
S,
GERMAN NEWSPAPER CRITI
CIZES PUNISHMENT OF
SOLDIER'S WIFE
The Committee on Public Inform- excelled in -western North Carolina M SRfiRfl RFI1 CROSS.
itUUU IU9. luauc we iwiynnis r TU,it an PYPP pnt hrtV P.rOD tO
lotinri nf nn nrticle armearin in ihe I j u j ...:,t i
: ieeu sueep auu ediuc uuwug utc The ladies' work room has taken
winter - Moreover the sov bean adds e f t,
A soldierVwite whoihad; gather- L - producuve power of the ,3 :
solidified alcohol. includingStWi S roots deep in c me imerested and m finishmg upthe
MAILS .iPtE;;t,
Postmasters are directenot;o
1 I nnnnr frvr chinmpnt to mftmD8rS )!
erations. Fnm nkllSi Bremer Buerger-Zeitung:
Th. on. h Fnd-nra nred im- Expeditionary forces pack9 da, r,o-.fa -hrt:i
mediately 2,000 woodsmen, saw
mill men, machinists and others Pu ll WaWki
OLCillU UtCVMh . --r- r, - V , 1 www.. rf
who have worked at lumbering, It -V
.i- onnn - ..n liovo 1 heat.
iiC'Ua O.UUU iliCH "Uiv-
worked at road building. These
mL4 ri3 to construct roads from the
wood to the mills a'ld from the mills
to the distributing depots. In con
nection with both the lumbering
and road-building operations com
plete crews of men experienced in
the great variety of machinery Used
and in thee -imp and repair work
involved are required.
aui was sentenced for the offence sub goil qv wmch is the best 0il
in the following terms: - . the market. At the same time the
" MrsT Cbra Ganter, on; June 13, . h
rorits hrin -UD Un-
l-5li, uaoiymwivu aVOliaOie ' POIUSII, lUUl UJ yUic'CU
moniorest; bFWaldlireh;eco I ?3, tUul be used only by legume
one fagot ol .ujyifirUwif-the niants; 'and ' render it ; available to
vainTof IO" pfenning. In Psh- . b!ant& . - :7 '
nFrnvp fy rA1TcE MrxNY ment-thereof, she is sentenced w a . he soy bean adds nitrogen, the
i-r i-ti. . i. - v-w I r. r 1, 1 Hou'o irr-
I1T1P flT I TI1MIIV rl 11V1 VJ11C UOY a iw
i 1 t. V V
Tt is not deemed safe t
these article to mails fo?
coimtries or for United Stdt
vessels, incl? dug marines p
m other countiieaig
3-naVf
iS4iqrf
CuuLDN'T i:eL0 DOWN HIS JOB.
Bl
MEN FIRST PASSED TO BE
REJECTED AT CAMPS
Fvamination of the records oi
10,000 men passed for military ser
vice by local boards and then re
jected by camp surgeons show thst
ood Got So Bad Was Almost nearly 22 per cent of the final re
jections were causea oy ucicvc
eyes.
Teeth were responsible for 8,53
per cent; hernia, 73.7 per cent; ear,
.5.04,,. per , cent; ,,liert disease, 5.87
per cnt;' tuberculosis; -5,47. per cent.
Attempts to evade military duty
Paralyzed On One Side,
Legs Swelled Up.
work so rapidly that we hope soon
to have a box ready to send away.
We have one machine already
and the promise of several others.
by the time of next meeting.
"The1 purchasing committee has
bought more biaterialHhis time the
unbleached domestic,' which is also
hpind marie into shirts and ban-
mobt expensive fertilizer to the s ;il . w haye , of
prisonment. uy extracting ii from the air. Tiiere . mflri intn sweaters and
'The husband of the culprit ha about 33,000 tons of nitrogen jbuve wrist'lets
been for three years at" the front, eaeh acre of land making an equiv- are invited to visit our
,he herself has three small children aleat of 225,000 tons of nitrate of work room on Tuesday afternoon
to support in He-dirts' poverty. sU ; vv ich is worth $75.00 per ton. aud assist wkh the Wjlk AU help
similar reports oi puiinuitiubiuuiu emember you will need the soy
be reported in greater numbers. b(jaug Q pasture the brood sow and
Our bureaucracy understands how her iitter for we must raise 850
to employ this period of shortage of h . m the county this year
wood on a large scale for the bene- , , t you do your part?
will be greatly appreciated.
TEACHER'S MEETING.
LAVED OFF FROM WORK FOR
-; ; ! ' ,! !N EARLY'Pi'VE' YEARS'." ' l-.o,
fit of the treasury.
tt f4-.- -.nfPorincr for VPinTS aild being
anable to work i am glad to say that ky- deception regarding - physical
once more I feel like my old self and conditi0n were very few.
tViP rlnthp wp had. for We WOUlCi i r i i-i0 nifi Rftlf and
v ' ' , - OllCC liiUi v i. lltl lin.
go Up the river as SOOn as the tug am back uj the job," declares another
arrived. The tug got there about of these many men who had to give up
'in m nml with a few minutes work through poor health.
3 a. m. and With a lew minutes s, u.,iumen, mechanics and men
work we had OUr sea logs Oil cu:u of aU kinds .vho -spend most of their
were sailing up that cold river is time out of doors, often lay off and
fast as the little boat COUld run. c-m't even hoM down their jobs because
We landed at Qauntico at about 8 of blood or Lid -stion trouble that
a. in. and Went into camp. A gradually, ana i:k, a tmef in the mghc,
Stayed ihete about three weeks auu &ual3 .weir strength ana health aa.
; ,..-... whp.r. unl wiwt this well kno vn Princeton,
in cuine an order lor 109 Co. ami
lay furlough went to the waste
MEN TRAINING FOR NAVY
HAVE BENEFIT OF LIBRA
RIES AND CLUBS
The Army and Navy Commission
on Training Camp Activities, in ad
dition to the work being done in
Arm" camps and contonments, iuv
.
has its reDresentatives in every
MEN WITH TRADES HAVE
CHANCE FOR ADMIb
INTO SIGNAL CORPS
Men qualified along certain lines, training station of the Navy and at
although registered under the vev. every piace where enlisted men ar
vV. Va. mechanic says a j oat it.
"i suirered from blood poisoning j
mv leg and partial paralysis on ou-j aide
stomach trouble
i l rtu.i,.. i in v r
marched to town, went io rmwuu; with a numb.
tive service law, may be indusied
into the land division of the Si4-iial
Corps, which is in need of me.
the tollowmg duth:
Chauffeurs, mutorcycie driver
and dno pniJi.ie reoainneu svi r
U11U
preparing for sea service.
There are 86 clubs for sailors at
crimps and in adja em cities. Tlv r
uling 53t - ri-irU roo;-. rr
- are v
ir I . , it - . S. t t e : t'li.'
have arrangements for jnh vu ,
swimming pools and gymnasi a?.
ness n my w
iiole left side. My
leg
through the gulf to Galveston, built
camp and got to ousiness. i
a fine camp. The Marines Army
Coast Artillery are all here, and
thfi Avintinn Cnmn is iust a little
north,
We had some storm here yester
terday; it blew most of our te::ts
down and we only had an oil stove
lor heat. We almost froze; but it
is a great deal warmer now.
As my letter is getting rather untilhe
in field aud telegraphers, both wir
and radio; telephone men, including In tne 18 camps there are given
-i i-inrnlp nrl it P"c")L I .. i 1 .wnmiri ' toloTllirTi i t ' U fVO nntartninrnfintS rOTIO
SWeliea up auu luiu-zuan- o- i gwitCnDOaitl upiauuip, v-iK1 eacn WcclV ju cuicuwuuivuiu ""cj
so bad I was unable to work tor neany irmtiT1 and men skilled in test- ind fr0m Drofessional performances
. i - .... . ,
vised me to get some Acid Iron Miner. 1
have
been furnished ships , and stations
by the American Library Associa-
Thp. Y. M. C. A. has 42 build-
phia by rail and went tO work lad
ing ship, the Hancock.
Wp nniiPfi nut about 6 n. m. the
next day, went around Honda aim five years, men a : i in? and repairing telephone hectures, and exhibitions, to club
. j ..o aftr those lone veais lines; te:epnone auu;icicgiap nignts ana-weejuy uautw.
auuwu"v; ... ... . , A r,T. .i. annno KtQ
i i v i ii , r i . i i.vi v.v w i-' , ii. i i. a ... is r - r . - i.. v. "
o - I ' - . . .
nf suffering my
spot and that was gone soon afterwards.
The numbness and paralysis left me
and I feel better than I have felt in
man wears. It cured me of all my
troubles and boosted me up so good I
am back at work for many years,"
writes W. H. Richards, Sr., Princeton,
W. Va.
' If a man lets his blood go until it is
sluggish and full of acids and poisons
can hardly wane, iuucu i.-,-
Man a 11111
ing both
ing; homing-pigeon men; radio men
men who are familiar with instiling
radio apparatus; men qualified as
i-iprks stpooiiraDhers. black
smiths, mt eorologists, cobblers,
cable men., etc.
Men inducted for this division.
unless otherwise requestod by the
bief Signal Officer of the An ,
are sent to fort Leavenworth Kan,
tVi ihft tunes
, ......... i I k'KK ) u M
long, will bring it to an enu, wu- n hardly mai
ing the Journal and rll its readers s meet because bad health holds him 75)000 COLORED MEN CALLED
ftanrilnplr " I u-v TI-.P fallow who gets "over the lrr. idviv V QFTF.TTVR-
Goodbve until I see old
hacM. Ihe leilOW who gcta
Jackson too' ' of these high cost oi, iivmg aays .
again, which I hope wont be Jt,
omussome days I get kind of nnnds of people right here
blue. Would appreciate cards ana - vir,inia endorse Acid iron
letters, and if this gets by the waste m w est q nearest
rrtrtivv .... 1 1 m... niti ' a
uuo&ei wm wriic again.
JrKOBT. DUMGARNER
UNTO ARV1Y BY SELECTIVE-
SERVICE LAW
tion.
ings and tents' in the' Various camps
DE-
Eight per cent of 9,586,508,, men
registered uLder the selective-ser-uiia
law iirft- r'olored. Of these near-
4-x Mar wran. l
drue store. See interebuuftxu . Qnftn; h ft hften Veal ed and
109 Co. 8th Reg. U S. M. C, Calves- Pf .f eacu uuc- Advt. . We 79,000 certified; for
COLOR OF CORD ON HAT
NOTES SERVICE OE
WEARER
Just as -o s y ;
bars, stuis auu cagicis ui oiiOuiu
er proclaim ranking ofticers, the
hat cord denotes the branch of ser
; faoh nri v te h, s c terH.
Light blue signifies xuianuy ; -r-
let. Artillery'r yellow, Cavalry; buff,
Quatermasters Corp; scarlet and
white, Engineers Corps; orange and
white Sidnnl Corns: scarlet . -and
NOTICE TO FARMERS
nrmind limp, hns been nriced to
the county agent at
S2.60 F. 0. B. Sylva, burnt lime at
36c per bushel in car loads. Fann
ers desiring lime should leave their
orders at. once at this office. It is
not generally advisable to use lime
on land that g ows clover well.
An attempt whl be mad$ to order
fertilizer in car lots if all farmers
desiring acid phosphate will leave
u.tvr orders at once with the coun-
.-: Ki memncr that it t :kes
" , ior treight t reach iu
a iuaiieu-Dow. Viorejver, u yo.i
- f la
do not order soon, it is very uoudi-
rui whether you will be able to ob-
t.4;,, nv fprti izer. Generally 16
lulll MJ v -
per cent good ; is the most econom
ical to buy. that is if you cannot
procure 20 per cent goods. The
cost ot a pound of pk nt food in the
former is usually less than the cost
of a pound of plant food in 10 or 12
per cent goods, though the cost per
ton including the filler is more. But
li. miiSL US UUlllC 111 UJ1UU maw iuv
filitr has no lertiiizing value. Again
the purchaser of high grade goods
saves the cost of freight and land
The following is the program of
the Jackson County Teachers Asso
ciation to be held at the High School
Auditorium January 26. 1918, at 11
a. m.
Prof. 0. S. Dillard President.
Miss Mary E. Wells Secretary.
Invocation Rev. E. R. Harris.
Business Session of the Association.
Mathematics in the Public Schools
Prof. F. L. Wells.
Address Prof. F.I. Watson.
Reading Miss Lura Sullivan.
Address Rev. E. R. Harris.
Voc il S jIo Prof. R. H. Cooke.
: jfcwal of Certificates Supt. J. N.
Vvilsca.
Program Committee,
Homer Henry,
W. C. Reed.
Betty Snyder.
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Horticulturist Thompson made
the following statement on the
sw?pf poir'to situation:
iou will recall t..aL there was a
of seed sweet potatoes and
nlants last vear. ' unless an active
r
campaign is conducted to . encour
age farmers to hold good seed stock,
Mack. Ordnance; black and white,! the shortage in sweet potato seed
field ejerkrriarooni Medical Corps;1 and plants, may be more serious
PIGS IS PIGS
AND SOUS IS SOWS.
One three year old pure-bred
berkshire brood sow $30.00.
One three-quarter berkshire gilt
$12.00. -
Two pure-bred berkshire pigs sev
en weeks old $12.00 each.
Geo. P. Miller.
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HAD THE- GRIP THREE WEEKS
With January cornea Jagrippe
Lingering colds seem to settle in the
system, causing one to ache all
over, feel feverish and chilly, tired,.
heavy and drooping, Mrs. lizzie
Tyles, Henderson, Ky writes: "My
daughter had lagrippe for three
weeks. I gave her Foley . Honey
and Tar and now she is all right"
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